#CA542D#CA542D

#CA542D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.160 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA542D
RGB	rgb(202, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 44.81, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 63.53, 45.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1254 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.16 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0041, 19.0905, 4.6923)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA542D #2DA3CA

analogous

#CA2D55 #CA542D #CAA22D

triadic

#CA542D #2DCA54 #542DCA

tetradic

#CA542D #55CA2D #2DA3CA #A22DCA

square

#CA542D #55CA2D #2DA3CA #A22DCA

split-complementary

#CA542D #2DCAA2 #2D55CA

monochromatic

#662A17 #983F22 #CA542D #DA7A5A #E5A28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CA542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CA542D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA542D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA542D	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.160 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28868',
    500: '#ca542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca542d;
$custom-light: #e28868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.904,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59272,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA542D

secondary

#83BDCF

accent

#BEE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA542D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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